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Windows XP SP3 Released To Manufacturing

Posted by kdawson on from the last-in-a-distinguished-line dept.

mike_diack was one of many readers to send word that Windows XP SP3 been released to manufacturing. It will be available to OEMs and enterprise customers on April 29. Here is a summary of features and changes. The company will wait till "early summer" to enable SP3 downloads through Automatic Updates.

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  1. RTM? by Dr.D.IS.GREAT · · Score: 0, Troll

    if sp3 is really at RTM status that is a waste, the end of retail XP is nigh, and vista is pretty much the only thing on the shelves right now with OEM builds, we are all boned...

  2. Re:Nice work there Lou^h^h^hBill by KingOfBLASH · · Score: 0, Troll

    How are they supposed to keep competitors from using their standards if their standards create reasonable sized files that stick to the spec AND are an improvement over existing file types?